Jer. 11, 12 [The Message]

God won’t let you get away with it. So was Jeremiah’s slogan. Others could indulge in whatever they wanted, but God had a much higher standard for Jeremiah … and you and me. We can’t allow ourselves to measure our life’s success or fulfillment by what we see others do.

One of the Psalmists, possibly Asaph, composed Psalm 73 about his observations of the heathen. They were prospering but he wasn’t. God showed him that they had a different “end” than he did.

We don’t live for the moment. We live for the “ending.”